Disabled Audiences, 1994

Contents

Metadata

Title

Disabled Audiences

Date

1994

Material Type

Book Chapter

Creator/Author

Tait, Alice A., Department of Journalism

Publisher

Greenwood Press

Copyright

Copyright 1994 by Greenwood Press. In accordance with Title 17 of the United States Code, Copyright Law of the United States of America, this material is copyrighted, and any further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without the permission of the copyright owner. Handbook on mass media in the United States: the industry and its audiences / edited by Erwin K. Thomas and Brown H. Carpenter. Copyright 1994 by Erwin K. Thomas and Brown H. Carpenter. Reproduced with permission of ABC-CLIO, LLC.

Subject

People with disabilities in mass media; People with disabilities -- Social conditions; Self-perception;

Description

Discusses the portrayal of disabled people in mass media. Focuses on how this portrayal influences both the image of the disabled in society and the self image and social conditions of people with disabilities.

Source

Tait, A. A., "Disabled Audiences." Chapter 14 in the Handbook on Mass Media in the United States: The Industry and Its Audiences. (Ed) E.K. Thomas and B.H. Carpenter. Greenwood Press (1994) 251-272.